Erik: Before you swap, try simply raising the derailleur so the cage barely clears the stay. I had no problem using my circa 2011 LX fd with a 38 t ring in 2nd "big" position after I removed the 46 t outer ring in 3d position (replaced latter with guard); I didn't even lower the fd, simply screwed in the travel stop. It shifted just fine.
I've shifted small outer rings with all sorts of front derailleurs; currently I shift a 42 outer with an 8-speed era Dura Ace front derailleur sitting high above the ring, and it shifts to the 28 ring just fine. Earlier I used a different, perhaps 9-sp Dura Ace fd to shift a 46/36/24 Bontrager Race Lite triple; it shifted just fine after I performed delicate surgery on the cage's throw limiter. Lastly, used this same 9-speed DA fd both with a 44/30 and a 52/38 ring combination on the same Ram; couldn't tell any difference in performance. IME, tho' I may be very tolerante, if you can properly adjust throw and keep the cage from hitting the crank arm, front derailleurs are very, very forgiving. Of course, friction; can't speak to indexing. On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:26 PM Erik <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working on putting together my shiny new gold Sam H that I picked up > from the Rivendell shop today. Everything was coming together beautifully, > until I went to install the front derailleur. It's a Shimano 105-5700 for a > 2x set up. I'm running a Silver Wide/Low double with a 38 / 24. The cage > on the derailed is too long to set it up with the correct spacing between > the large chainring / guard and the cage. It ends up hitting the chain > stay when I shift. > > Does anyone else on here have a similar set up with a wide / low double? > If so, what front derailleur do you use? For the life of me, I can't > figure out a suitable replacement for the 105 and am dreading trying to > find one for sale anywhere. > > Any thoughts or advice? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bee47f99-db5d-4240-956a-c987d2ef355en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bee47f99-db5d-4240-956a-c987d2ef355en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsP-KPkCuU7Y3v3dJYoo537k90oZp-mUKd%2B8zEj9mkxnQ%40mail.gmail.com.
